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13-letter words containing f, i, e, l

  • fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
  • finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
  • firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
  • firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
  • first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
  • first refusal — If someone has first refusal on something that is being sold or offered, they have the right to decide whether or not to buy it or take it before it is offered to anyone else.
  • fishing fleet — the boats used in the fishing industry
  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
  • fleet air arm — the aviation branch of the Royal Navy
  • fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • flexible disk — a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
  • flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • flodden field — a hill in Northumberland where invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 and James IV of Scotland was killed
  • floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • fluidized bed — a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
  • fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
  • flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
  • flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
  • fn tunnelling — Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling
  • focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
  • folded dipole — a type of aerial, widely used with television and VHF radio receivers, consisting of two parallel dipoles connected together at their outer ends and fed at the centre of one of them. The length is usually half the operating wavelength
  • folding money — paper money.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
  • folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
  • follicle mite — any mite of the family Demodicidae, parasitic in hair follicles of various mammals, including humans.
  • fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
  • food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • foot the bill — pay the costs
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